SGX, Trumid and Hillhouse Capital to launch new Asian bond trading platform
Trumid, Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Hillhouse Capital have formed a joint venture, XinTru, to better support liquidity and execution in the Asian bond market...
Origination: Zeitenwende – German issuance to grow 40%
The new CDU/CSU coalition pivot from “Schwartze Null” -Zero Black- to “whatever it takes for our defence” is shaking European debt markets.
Following the CDU/CSU...
ESMA reports improving credit risk but Overbond warns on liquidity risk
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released its latest ‘Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities’ (TRV) report, finding that fixed income markets continued to...
Can primary markets deflate?
Inflation levels could have a direct impact on volume of work – and therefore operational pressure – on buy-side trading desks.
Managing the process of...
Rules & Ratings: Italy in “strong position” to weather tariffs, S&P says
S&P Global Ratings has raised its unsolicited long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings for Italy to BBB+, with a stable outlook. Short-term...
Asia close: Trading desks report tariff impact muted, US open tense
Following Asia market close, trading desks are reporting that the greatest impact from the US tariffs is expected to be seen upon market open...
Exclusive: David Nicol leaves LedgerEdge; Rutter steps forward in interim
David Nicol, co-founder of LedgerEdge, a distributed ledger-based fixed income trading venue, has left his position as CEO. Ian Chicken, chief operating officer at...
Goldman Sachs adds streaming firm pricing to MarketAxess’ Live Markets order book
Bond market operator MarketAxess has announced that Goldman Sachs has committed to become a dedicated market maker and is actively contributing streaming prices for...
Singer Capital Markets appoints Gareth Henderson head of trading
Investment banking firm Singer Capital Markets has appointed Gareth Henderson its new head of trading.
Henderson has been head of market making at Singer Capital...
Derivatives : Exchange-traded products : Joel Clark
Why listed derivatives struggle to address risk
Some traders have been critical of listed products designed to replicate OTC derivatives, but exchanges are working hard...
Absorbing Gilt
The year after next, the UK is set to issue £305 billion gilts to support the government’s spending programme. The high level of issuance...
AFME finds sell-side fixed income data spend up 50% over five years
A study by the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has provides a new view of rising fixed income data costs in eight...
